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PAPUA. 1942-08-19. LOADING A DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA AIRCRAFT WITH SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA. FOR TROOPS NEAR KOKODA, SUPPLIES ARE DROPPED FROM THE AIRCRAFT. THE GROUND TROOPS HAVE NICKNAMED THESE AIRCRAFT THE "BISCUIT BOMBERS". NOTE: AIRCRAFT IS A DC3 IMPRESSED FOR MILITARY SERVICE, CARGO DOOR ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WAS COMMON ON CIVIL DC3 VERSION UP TO 1940, AIRCRAFT ALSO FITTED WITH WRIGHT CYCLONE ENGINES.
PAPUA. 1942-08-19. LOADING DOUGLAS C47 PLANES WITH SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS IN THE FORWARD AREA. FOR TROOPS NEAR KOKODA, SUPPLIES ARE DROPPED FROM THE PLANES. THE GROUND TROOPS HAVE NICKNAMED THESE PLANES
CANADA. 1944. AN AIRCRAFT IDENTIFICATION PHOTOGRAPH SUPPLIED BY THE CANADIAN INFORMATION SERVICE OF THE DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA, THE MILITARY VERSION OF THE DOUGLAS DC3. TWIN ENGINED COMMERCIAL TRANSPORT A
Habbaniyah, Iraq. c. 1944. Loading a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft with supplies for India.
Habbaniyah, Iraq. c. 1944. Loading a Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft with supplies for India.
Burma. c. March 1945. British 14th Army troops loading sacks of supplies onto an RAF Douglas C47 Dakota transport aircraft for delivery to troops operating behind the enemy lines.
New Guinea. November 1942. Supplies for the Allied forces fighting the Japanese in the Kokoda area are loaded on a Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft.
